They asked, "Messenger of Allah, is the pilgrimage to be performed every year?"He replied, "Had I said yes, it would have become obligatory, and had it become obligatory, you would not have been able to fulfill it, and had you failed to fulfill it, you would have been punished."
قالوا: يا رسول الله، الحج في كل عام؟ قال: لو قلت: نعم لوجبت، ولو وجبت لم تقوموا بها، ولو لم تقوموا بها عذبتم.
Ibn Majah (2885) narrated it from Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr, who said, Muhammad bin Abu Ubayda told us, from his father, from Amash, from Abu Sufyan, from Anas, and he related it.Busiri said in Zawaid bin Majah, "This isnad is sahih, its narrators are trustworthy. Abu Sufyan's name is Talha bin Nafi, and Muhammad bin Abu Ubayda bin Maen bin Abdul-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Masud is trustworthy, and his father is likewise."